Hoping to benefit from historically low interest rates, Long Island University, St. John’s University and a wide range of school districts are gearing up to refinance big chunks of their debt. Long Island University is seeking to refinance $62 million ...

Fixed mortgage rates have ended a six week streak of record-setting lows and begun to rise, according to a nationwide mortgage report. McLean,Va.-based Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing rates have ...

Hoping to benefit from low interest rates, the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is gearing up to issue $125 million in tax-exempt bonds to refinance existing debt. The Great Neck-based system by the end of June hopes to issue ...

Hauppauge-based Cuautocoupon, a firm that helps credit unions provide car financing offers, has expanded into California. The company on Tuesday said it signed a deal with Western Federal Credit Union in Manhattan Beach, its third California credit union. Western Federal ...

Metropolitan Realty Associates has refinanced Jericho Atrium, its 147,183-square-foot, two-story office building in Jericho, with an $18.5 million loan from Capital One Bank, according to a company statement. Metropolitan purchased the building in July 2007 with equity partner Angelo, Gordon ...

The White House on Tuesday said it was cutting the costs of some government-insured mortgages in a move that could open the door to cheaper loans for as many as three million borrowers. The fresh round of changes from the ...